Savandara Besse is a bioinformatics postdoctoral research associate based in Paris with a decade of experience applying omics-driven, computational and systems-biology approaches to evolutionary, population and statistical genetics. She develops unbiased, exploratory methods to interrogate genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes and interactomes across conventional and non-conventional model organisms—from fruit flies and zebrafish to naked mole-rats and yeast—often with a focus on aging and age-related disease. Her work spans academia (Université Paris Cité, Université de Montréal, Harvard) and team leadership roles in synthetic biology (iGEM), combining rigorous method reproducibility with advocacy for FAIR data. Known for bridging computational and experimental perspectives, she also prioritizes science communication and community-building to make bioinformatics more open and accessible.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat, Baccalauréat at Lycée Montesquieu
Ph.D. Bioinformatics, Ph.D. Bioinformatics at Université de Montréal
M.Sc. Life Science & Health Biology, M.Sc. Life Science & Health Biology at Université de Bordeaux
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Savandara Besse - Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Research Associate